<p>Just because the middle 50% of the admitted students scored between x and y in math and x and y in verbal, does not mean that the middle 50% scored as high as y+y as a composite. </p>
<p>I'm sure this was "duh" for many of you, but it gave me a little more hope today!</p>
<p>But also middle 50% scored not as low as x+x. :)</p>
<p>That’s a great tip!</p>
<p>My D is particularly lopsided, so that makes me feel better. (Your good deed for the day!)</p>
<p>You should be able to get some idea of the difference by looking at ACT scores (which tend to be reported as a composite) vs. SAT scores (which tend to be broken down). I just looked at one, and the difference at the 25-75 lines was less than I thought it would be, but definitely there. At that college, the 75% ACT was 33 (about 2200 SAT), and the 75% SATs were 760 CR, 780 M, 760 W (sum = 2300). But the 25% ACT was 29 (about 1920 SAT), and the sum of the 25% SAT scores was 1980. That doesn’t make sense, so it may indicate that the ACT and SAT populations at that college aren’t fully comparable.</p>
<p>My Ds extremely lopsided ACT did not make any difference. I believe that most are looking for total score. If anybody wonder, she got 28 on Reading with everything else being 33, 34, 35.</p>